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Santo Domingo.- The televised debate proposed by CNN’s Spanish network CNN en Español between Dominican Republic’s main presidential candidates’ has yet to be confirmed by the ruling PLD and opposition PRD parties.
PLD Campaign chief Francisco Javier Garcia said they would discuss with CNN the conditions to stage the debate, and respond to the invitation sent via Presidency chief of staff Cesar Pina Toribio. “Once we discuss the conditions we’ll let it *their decision) be known via the media."
He said his party sought a debate but the PRD candidate Hipólito Mejía didn’t want to participate.
PRD campaign chief Cesar Cedeño said although they favor any debate, in this case cautions that the factor of timing is key. “We agree with all the debates, what we doubt is that there’s time to organize it. Our agenda is filled until May 22."
CNN sent the invitation April 24, just five days after the debate proposed by the national young business leaders grouped in the ANJE was cancelled, despite having the support of the powerful media group Corripio. ANJE’s proposal included using CNN en Español as the moderator.
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Pssssssss !!!!! If you have not figured it out, this debate will be a no go.
I would love to see that Clown in a Debate....
The whole World would be Laughing Their Asses Off at this ignorant Clown....
What's mostly interesting is that BOTH SIDES are trying to avoid the embarrassment that would surely result from a debate between these two losers who, in case you have forgotten, have both been rejected by the votersk.
Responses analyzed in TV and Danilo Mejía
Hipolito Mejia
Nestor Medrano
Santo Domingo
Former President Hipolito Mejia has less knowledge than the PLD candidate Danilo Medina, was the conclusion last night a group of experts who analyzed the appearances of both candidates to meet with the Corripio Communications Group.
The panel of Leovigildo Baez, sociologist, Daniel Pou, political scientist, Fior Solis, a psychiatrist, and Eladio Hernandez, president of the Dominican School of Psychology, which was broadcast on network television, themed the "Challenge of a country" examined the responses of the two major presidential aspirants areas such as tourism, electricity, 4% of GDP to Education and other topics.
It also concluded that Mejia has a focused element to the emotional, to engage in the questions, while Medina is more rational, more focused on solutions from the state to the problems to be faced with public policy.
Par for the course for Mejia. Remember his performance in a UN function with Fidel Castro?
Mejia is representative of a bygone Era in politics. Hopefully his defeat will remove from consideration other like candidates in the future. The nation is moving ahead with its modernization and hopefully those seeking the highest office will see that more than some "emotional" consideration is needed to move forward the State and Nation.